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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Frederick Douglass's first master?
(a) William Davenport.
(b) Captain Anthony.
(c) William Lloyd Garrison.
(d) James O'Conner.

2. When was the second Preface written?
(a) 1835.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1894.

3. Who does Douglass begin Chapter 1 talking about?
(a) His brother and sister.
(b) His slave friend.
(c) His mother and her parents.
(d) His first master.

4. What does Frederick Douglass say disgusts him in Chapter 1?
(a) Slaves being sold in cities.
(b) The murder of innocent people.
(c) Slaveholders forcing themselves on slave women, then having children with them.
(d) Slaves being removed from their families.

5. Garrison refers to Douglas as a man with what, in his Preface (x)?
(a) "Little hope."
(b) "Commanding stature."
(c) "A body ravaged by time."
(d) "High regard."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Douglass shocked at seeing the female slave being beaten in Chapter 1?

2. What type of writing is the second Preface?

3. Approximately how many issues of his newspaper did William Lloyd Garrison publish?

4. What did Wendell Phillips do for a living?

5. What do the white sails of the ships mentioned in the second Preface symbolize?

(see the answer key)

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